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At around eight to nine in the morning, for students who had no classes and were preparing for exams, this month was the perfect time to sleep in. When the instructor arrived at Dorm 618 with Old Shao and others, they knocked for ten minutes before a frustrated voice finally shouted from inside, "Who is it? It's early in the morning, knocking like you're in a hurry to be reborn!"
"Zhang Jun, right? I'm your instructor. Stop sleeping! Look at your dorm; everyone is sleeping like dead pigs, not studying at all. I don't know what you're all doing. Come down and open the door, get dressed!" The Female Instructor shouted while knocking on the door.
After about five or six minutes, a man wearing jeans and casually draped in a jacket opened the door and welcomed them in. He ruffled his hair, which looked like a bird's nest, and said to the Female Instructor, "Teacher Zhao, what brings you here?"
As they entered the dormitory, they realized there was hardly any space to step on the floor; the room was filled with delivery boxes, used food containers, various tissues, and packaging scattered everywhere. Various sauces and oils had pooled on the ground, now congealed and making it sticky underfoot.
Apart from Zhang Jun, everyone else was still lying in bed. Some half-sat up to see who had come in, while others pulled their blankets over their heads and continued sleeping.
The Female Instructor knocked loudly on the door again, making it echo. "Enough already! What time is it? The police are here! Your roommate Luben hasn't returned all night. Don't you care? You can still sleep at a time like this!"
Upon hearing her words, the college students seemed struck by lightning; one by one, they sprang up from their beds.
Zhang Jun immediately responded upon hearing Luben's name, "How could we not know? The video of Luben's suicide circulated in our group chat last night. There's no way we wouldn't be aware of it."
Yuan Jun pulled a chair over for Old Shao and gently shook it to help him sit down.
Old Shao watched as the others scrambled like restless monkeys to throw on their clothes and turned to Zhang Jun. "When did Luben leave school? Did he say where he was going?"
Zhang Jun, sitting on the lower bunk, casually tossed his blanket into the corner and replied, "There are eight of us in this dorm; even though we have a lot of people, we're all really close friends. Yesterday we had no classes in the afternoon; there’s a girl in our class named Wang Yedan..."
"Luben has been pursuing her all along?" Jiang He asked.
Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Yes. As far as I know, Luben has been chasing Wang Yedan for quite some time. We've given him plenty of advice too. Honestly, sometimes I advised my brother Luben not to pursue her because Wang Yedan isn't exactly a good person."
"What do you mean by 'not exactly a good person'?" Jiang He asked.
Sitting cross-legged on his bed, Zhang Jun glanced at the Female Instructor before continuing, "Some things I shouldn't say... but Wang Yedan is quite vain. I can't remember which day it was; I was taking a bus back to school from work when I happened to pass by the school gate and saw Wang Yedan getting out of a Buick."
"The driver was an old man probably in his forties or fifties. Wang Yedan was linked arm-in-arm with him." Zhang Jun shook his head as he spoke. "Then she kissed him on the cheek; it was really something..."
After a pause, a chubby guy sitting on the upper bunk who was still getting dressed chimed in, "Yeah, Zhang Jun is right. Actually, this kind of thing happens way too often on campus. Most girls might get involved with some old men in their forties or fifties for money and sleep with them. If you don't believe me, just park outside school and put some drink bottles on top of your car."
Another person who had already dressed joined in with bright red hair and added, "Yeah, the chubby guy is right! I've heard that mineral water bottles go for three hundred each; red tea is five hundred; there are even more expensive ones depending on looks."
The female instructor frowned and said, "If you don't study properly, how would you know about these ridiculous things? Don't spread rumors about your classmates."
Zhang Jun spoke up, "What's the point of going to school in this society? After graduating, we still end up working for others. It's all just to get a diploma. We're not rich kids like those girls who are pretty enough to get sponsored by someone, making ten thousand a month without any issues."
Skinny Bamboo Stick, from the bunk below, chimed in, "My girlfriend is similar. She and Wang Yedan don’t get along well in the dormitory. They don’t watch TV together or eat at the cafeteria with others. I don’t know what kind of high-minded act they’re putting on, making themselves seem like some wealthy heiresses."
"Is your girlfriend in the same dorm as her?" Jiang He asked. "What's her name?"
Skinny Bamboo Stick smiled and replied, "My girlfriend's name is Zhao Yan, she’s from Wang Yedan's dorm. I'm not blind; my girlfriend has seen it all. Wang Yedan is definitely the prettiest girl in our class, but pretty girls often have a bit of flirtation about them. Many people give her gifts, not just Luben."
"She has a cabinet that’s basically filled with gifts," Skinny Bamboo Stick jumped down from his upper bunk and said to the others. "Clothes, perfumes, cosmetics—you name it. This kind of woman is a Green Tea Bitch; she always keeps others hanging. When Luben buys her gifts, she pretends she doesn’t want them, but when my girlfriend brings them back to her, she acts all angry."
"My girlfriend doesn’t return the gifts to her, and she still complains about my girlfriend," Skinny Bamboo Stick scoffed. "Can you believe it? My girlfriend kindly brought Luben's gift to her, and she still curses at her. And it doesn’t stop there; she accepts the gifts but never acknowledges them. Every time she keeps Luben hanging until he feels hopeless, then suddenly she accepts gifts from Wang Yedan."
The chubby guy slowly climbed down from his bed and said, "Exactly! When you give a gift in return, it means you have feelings for Luben too. Otherwise, why would she bother returning gifts? We’re not stupid; we know that Wang Yedan is treating Luben like a backup plan—keeping him around while not fully committing to him. There are plenty of girls like that online."
"Is that how you all see it?" Old Shao looked at them and finally spoke.
"What other way is there to understand it?" Zhang Jun replied. "That’s exactly what it means. Just look at the clothes she wears and the phone she uses; her family seems to be in business. How much money could they possibly have? We all know where that money comes from."
Old Shao nodded, realizing what kind of image Wang Yedan had in their eyes. It was different from how Wang Yedan described herself; she believed giving gifts was not about taking advantage of Luben. But from Luben's perspective and that of his roommates, it seemed like an indication of interest.
Sometimes, the same situation can appear completely different depending on who is looking at it.
Old Shao continued, "Alright, no need to discuss what kind of person Wang Yedan is anymore. Let’s talk about what happened with Luben yesterday afternoon."
Zhang Jun nodded and then spoke up again: "We didn’t have classes yesterday; Skinny Bamboo Stick's girlfriend Zhao Yan was supposed to go home but actually went to meet her sugar daddy at a hotel. Luben really likes her, so we thought we couldn’t let him be kept in the dark about this and told him to give up."
"And then?" Jiang He asked. "Did Luben go find Wang Yedan?"
Zhang Jun adjusted his legs and said, "Yes, Luben didn’t believe us. He thought Wang Yedan didn’t seem like someone who would be kept by someone else; she's not a vain woman. My buddy Luben is such a naive kid—if she wasn’t vain, would she use an Apple Phone? A phone that costs over eight thousand! Would she use cosmetics worth five hundred?"
"Luben wanted to ask her directly," the chubby guy added. "So he left and later chatted with us on QQ, saying he got on the same bus as Wang Yedan and wanted to ask her what was going on."
"Did you contact him during that time?" Jiang He asked. "Around what time?"
"Around four in the afternoon," the Fat Guy replied. "We were chatting in our dorm group. He didn't know how to approach it, so we gave him some ideas. We suggested he confront Wang Yedan directly. After all, girls like her will sleep with anyone as long as there's money involved. If she doesn't get found out, she'll end up with Luben."
Skinny Bamboo Stick, sitting next to Zhang Jun, added, "That's right, but we advised him that once he sleeps with her, he should just move on and not linger."
"I gave Luben a good idea," Zhang Jun said. "He was too shy to ask directly, so I told him that since Wang Yedan was going home, he should see where she got off. If she was hesitant to tell him where she lived, then she was definitely looking for a man."
Jiang He exchanged glances with Old Shao, but neither of them said anything.
Zhang Jun continued, "That method was the best and very practical. Around six o'clock, Wang Yedan got off to go ask someone. Half an hour later, he saw her at the drop-off point near a hotel, and she seemed really anxious, as if she was looking for someone."
The Fat Guy chimed in, "At that moment, I told him that Wang Yedan was definitely being taken care of by someone else; no need to ask."
"What happened next?" Jiang He inquired.
"Later on, we bought some drinks and waited for him to come back so he could calm down," Skinny Bamboo Stick explained. "We thought he'd be fine after a little while. Who knew he would later receive a call from Luben's parents and then see a video on social media..."
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